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Bessan
Sign in to saveBessan (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region in France. Its inhabitants are known as 'Bessanais' in French.
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Bessan is a commune in France, situated within the Hérault department and the arrondissement of Béziers. It is part of the Communauté d'agglomération Hérault Méditerranée and the canton of Agde. The municipality shares borders with Agde, Florensac, Montblanc, and Saint-Thibéry. Its official postal code is 34550, and the residents are known as Bessanais.
The area of Bessan is 27.65 square kilometers. According to one source, the population is 5,838, comprising 2,509 males and 2,560 females, while another source lists the population as 4,531. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 84 meters in one dataset and 19 meters in another. The local climate data indicates a current temperature of 15.02 degrees, humidity of 82 percent, and wind speed of 1.03.
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- Locality
- Bessan
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,531
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bessan
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Bessan (Hérault).svg
- French commune.image
- Bessan porte du village.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The Historic Bessan Village Door
- French commune.arrondissement
- Béziers
- French commune.canton
- Agde
- French commune.INSEE
- 34031
- French commune.postal code
- 34550
- French commune.mayor
- Stéphane Pépin-Bonnet
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Hérault Méditerranée
- French commune.elevation m
- 8
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 84
- French commune.area km2
- 27.65
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bessan
- Demonym
- Bessanais
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5838
- Area
- 27.65
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vias
- Official website
- www.bessan.fr
- Image
- Bessan mairie.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bessan
- postal code
- 34550
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- Bessan
- associated electoral district
- canton of Agde
- male population
- 2509
- female population
- 2560
- P8168
- Uschi Freitag
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-67-00-81-81
- fax number
- +33-4-67-77-41-73
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- Geography
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- Population
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Bessan (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region in France. Its inhabitants are known as 'Bessanais' in French.
==Geography== thumb|left|150 px|Map Built among vineyards on the river Hérault, Bessan is a mainly agricultural village. In the past, its port was used to ship wines and other spirits.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bessan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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